"leach" Definition

Definitions for the word "leach" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
See 3d Leech.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
See Leech, a physician.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v.
1 make (a liquid) percolate through some material. 2 subject (bark, ore, ash, or soil) to the action of percolating fluid. 3 (foll. By away, out) remove (soluble matter) or be removed in this way. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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